The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 928,784 people in Fiji in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 936,456 in Fiji.
Population statistics:
- Eritrea's population is 3.92 times bigger than Fiji's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Fiji is the 159th.
- The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.01% for Fiji.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +0.12% in Fiji.
- Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Fiji has grown from 882K to 936K (6.13% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 1M people in 2054 for Fiji.
Eritrea vs Fiji: live population counter
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| Current population |
3667774
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936456
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 159/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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1.89 hours
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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31.6 minutes
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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1.02 hours
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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2.67 hours
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | -3,278 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +4,639 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +0.5% |
| Population growth rate rank | 60/197 | 134/197 |
Eritrea and Fiji: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 972,547 | 404,887 | - | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 417,406 | 2.37% | 3.09% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 430,536 | 2.43% | 3.15% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 444,276 | 2.48% | 3.19% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 458,324 | 2.51% | 3.16% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 472,575 | 2.52% | 3.11% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 486,487 | 2.42% | 2.94% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 498,873 | 2.43% | 2.55% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 510,002 | 2.55% | 2.23% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 520,797 | 2.56% | 2.12% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 531,188 | 2.59% | 2% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 541,121 | 2.63% | 1.87% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 550,499 | 2.59% | 1.73% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 559,222 | 2.55% | 1.58% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 567,489 | 2.46% | 1.48% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 575,906 | 2.36% | 1.48% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 585,534 | 2.53% | 1.67% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 597,805 | 2.68% | 2.1% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 612,091 | 2.69% | 2.39% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 626,862 | 2.69% | 2.41% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 641,975 | 2.72% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 657,471 | 2.75% | 2.41% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 673,414 | 2.76% | 2.42% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 689,835 | 2.4% | 2.44% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 706,716 | 2.05% | 2.45% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 723,761 | 2.04% | 2.41% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 739,306 | 2.07% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 750,540 | 2.36% | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 758,697 | 2.63% | 1.09% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 766,321 | 2.52% | 1% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 773,316 | 2.3% | 0.91% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | 779,656 | -5.57% | 0.82% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | 785,346 | -6.29% | 0.73% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 790,369 | 3.18% | 0.64% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 794,771 | 3.12% | 0.56% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 798,746 | 5.82% | 0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 803,789 | 5.1% | 0.63% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 812,139 | 1.11% | 1.04% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 822,258 | 1.31% | 1.25% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 831,828 | 1.48% | 1.16% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 840,909 | 1.55% | 1.09% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 849,596 | 2.89% | 1.03% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 858,049 | 3.5% | 0.99% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 866,286 | 4.22% | 0.96% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 874,366 | 4.19% | 0.93% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 882,379 | 2.42% | 0.92% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 890,365 | 1.59% | 0.91% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 897,832 | 1.47% | 0.84% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 903,399 | 2.66% | 0.62% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 907,239 | 2.54% | 0.43% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 910,419 | 1.98% | 0.35% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 912,989 | 1.81% | 0.28% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 914,918 | 1.28% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 916,352 | 1.23% | 0.16% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 917,585 | 0.68% | 0.13% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 918,578 | 0.34% | 0.11% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 919,166 | 0.62% | 0.06% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 918,759 | 0.82% | -0.04% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 917,180 | 1.35% | -0.17% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 914,899 | 1.49% | -0.25% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 914,963 | 1.58% | 0.007% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 916,711 | 1.79% | 0.19% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 919,422 | 1.77% | 0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 924,145 | 1.79% | 0.51% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 928,784 | 1.88% | 0.5% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 933,141 | 2.02% | 0.47% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 937,268 | 2.1% | 0.44% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 941,304 | 2.11% | 0.43% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 945,347 | 2.12% | 0.43% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 949,269 | 2.09% | 0.41% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 953,095 | 2.1% | 0.4% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 956,685 | 2.06% | 0.38% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 960,056 | 1.99% | 0.35% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 963,339 | 1.99% | 0.34% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 966,516 | 2.01% | 0.33% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 969,613 | 1.99% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 972,641 | 2.01% | 0.31% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 975,643 | 2.04% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 978,533 | 1.96% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 981,270 | 1.88% | 0.28% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 983,842 | 1.84% | 0.26% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 986,409 | 1.76% | 0.26% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 988,810 | 1.71% | 0.24% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 990,851 | 1.69% | 0.21% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 992,731 | 1.63% | 0.19% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 994,437 | 1.63% | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 995,957 | 1.57% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 997,319 | 1.5% | 0.14% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 998,544 | 1.49% | 0.12% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 999,530 | 1.44% | 0.1% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 1,000,244 | 1.4% | 0.07% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Fiji gained 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Fiji's population increased by 17,878 (a 1.95% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Fiji was ranked 157th in 2005 and ranked 159th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Fiji will increase by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people and rank change from 159th to 161st.
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Population differences between Eritrea and Fiji
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| Life expectancy | 69.2 years | 67.6 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 31.1 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 28.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 131.7 ppl/mi² |
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